Delimitation in India, Information of Parliament delimitation

Delimitation literally means the act or process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province having a legislative body. The job of delimitation is assigned to a high power body. Such a body is known as Delimitation Commission or a Boundary Commission. In India, such Delimitation Commissions have been constituted 4 times – in 1952 under the Delimitation Commission Act, 1952, in 1963
under Delimitation Commission Act, 1962, in 1973 under Delimitation Act, 1972 and in 2002 under Delimitation Act, 2002. The Delimitation Commission in India is a high power body whose orders have the force of law and cannot be called in question before any court. These orders come into force on a date to be specified by the President of India in this behalf. The copies of its orders are laid before the House of the People and the State Legislative Assembly concerned, but no modifications are permissible therein by them.

DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES 2008

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2004 on the basis of theDelimitation

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2008 on the basis of theDelimitation

STATES

Total

SC

ST

Total

SC

ST

1

AndhraPradesh

42

6

2

42

7

3

2

ArunachalPradesh

2

..

..

2

..

..

3

Assam

14

1

2

14

1

2

4

Bihar

40

7

..

40

6

..

5

Chhattisgarh

11

2

4

11

1

4

6

Goa

2

..

..

2

..

..

7

Gujarat

26

2

4

26

2

4

8

Haryana

10

2

..

10

2

..

9

HimachalPradesh

4

1

..

4

1

..

10

JammuandKashmir

6

..

..

6

..

..

11

Jharkhand

14

1

5

14

1

5

12

Karnataka

28

4

..

28

5

2

13

Kerala

20

2

..

20

2

..

14

MadhyaPradesh

29

4

5

29

4

6

15

Maharashtra

48

3

4

48

5

4

16

Manipur

2

..

1

2

..

1

17

Meghalaya

2

..

..

2

..

2

18

Mizoram

1

..

1

1

..

1

19

Nagaland

1

..

..

1

..

..

20

Orissa

21

3

5

21

3

5

21

Punjab

13

3

..

13

4

..

22

Rajasthan

25

4

3

25

4

3

23

Sikkim

1

..

..

1

..

..

24

TamilNadu

39

7

..

39

7

..

25

Tripura

2

..

1

2

..

1

26

Uttarakhand

5

..

..

5

1

..

27

UttarPradesh

80

18

..

80

17

..

28

WestBengal

42

8

2

42

10

2

UNION

TERRITORIES

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2004 on the basis of theDelimitation

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2008 on the basis of theDelimitation

STATES

Total

SC

ST

Total

SC

ST

1

AndamanandNicobarIslands

1

..

..

1

..

..

2

Chandigarh

1

..

..

1

..

..

3

DadraandNagarHaveli

1

..

1

1

..

1

4

Delhi

7

1

..

7

1

..

5

DamanandDiu

1

..

..

1

..

..

6

Lakshadweep

1

..

1

1

..

1

7

Puducherry

1

..

..

1

..

..

DELIMITATION OF ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES 2008

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2004 on the basis of theDelimitation

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2008 on the basis of theDelimitation

STATES

Total

SC

ST

Total

SC

ST

I.

STATES

1

AndhraPradesh

294

39

15

294

48

19

2

ArunachalPradesh

60

..

59

60

..

59

3

Assam

126

8

16

126

8

16

4

Bihar

243

39

..

243

38

2

5

Chhattisgarh

90

10

34

90

10

29

6

Goa

40

1

..

40

1

..

7

Gujarat

182

13

26

182

13

27

8

Haryana

90

17

..

90

17

..

9

HimachalPradesh

68

16

3

68

17

3

10

JammuandKashmir*

76

6

..

..

..

..

11

Jharkhand

81

9

28

81

9

28

12

Karnataka

224

33

2

224

36

15

13

Kerala

140

13

1

140

14

2

14

MadhyaPradesh

230

34

41

230

35

47

15

Maharashtra

288

18

22

288

29

25

16

Manipur

60

1

19

60

1

19

17

Meghalaya

60

..

55

60

..

55

18

Mizoram

40

..

39

40

..

39

19

Nagaland

60

..

59

60

..

59

20

Orissa

147

22

34

147

24

33

21

Punjab

117

29

..

117

34

..

22

Rajasthan

200

33

24

200

34

25

23

Sikkim

32**

2

12

32**

2

12

24

TamilNadu

234

42

3

234

44

2

25

Tripura

60

7

20

60

10

20

26

Uttarakhand

70

12

3

70

13

2

27

UttarPradesh

403

89

..

403

85

..

28

WestBengal

294

59

17

294

68

16

UNION

TERRITORIES

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2004 on the basis of theDelimitation

Number of seats in the House as constituted in 2008 on the basis of theDelimitation